(shamelessly C& 'ed from LJ)

Dear Flist!

After 6 weeks of battling through to make sure I was accepted and received a decent scholarship. It's now safe to say that I'M GOING TO JAPAN! PERIOD.
I had such a scare when I thought I needed 6,000 dollars more but it turned out to be just 1,600. Friday we went to an orientation where they showed us where we were staying at (Mercure Hotel; which, aparently is a 5 star hotel in Ginza. WAT), our flight itinerary and other cool stuff.

Also, it is definitely safe to say that 20 out of 41 students will be going INSIDE STUDIO GHIBLI. You know, THE Hayao Miyasaki studio? yes that one. The reason was that only the Sequential Art Students (a.k.a. comic book kids) were invited but the Animation students were whinny (Can't blame them. Who doesn't want to go?) and so the professors felt bad and decided to open it for everyone. We pretty much have to fight for our spot D<
It miffed me a little since the Tokyo Off-Campus trip is a Sequential Art Program. The Animation kids are just an addition. Whatev. I'm getting in. o/

I'm very excited to go. All my friends and real cool professors (and guest artists) are attending. It's awesome because I at least know 20 out of the 40 kids attending. We all leave on the 27th of November.

On another note. I spammed my LJ with some sketches if you want to see. They're nothing amazing but if you're curious, go right ahead~
Please don't trace/copy etc (to begin with, they're bad sketches, why would you want to steal them?) you don't want me hunting you down <3 I can be a pain in the butt.

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Paid Commissions to Finish:
1) (paid- done 2/10)[link] [link]
2) (paid) (pending info)
3) (paid) (sketch begun)
4) (paid)
5) (paid)
6) Ginny (paid)


Ele